# Numa DNS resolver

10 Hacker News commenters recommended Numa DNS resolver and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Free local DNS resolver that people run as their system DNS for privacy, ad filtering and split DNS with Tailscale, with encrypted ODoH upstream support.

## Why people recommend it

- Used daily as system DNS (2 comments): "actually that is exactly how i am currently running it - dogfooding from my Mac" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48138044)) "It's now my daily system DNS." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47612325))
- Encrypted ODoH upstream for privacy (2 comments): "When configured on doh or odoh upstream it would protect you from attacks such as this one" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49334847)) "I'm using numa for ad filtering and odoh mode for privacy" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49569771))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Cloudflare DNS](https://hackerapproved.com/p/cloudflare-dns.md): 52 recommend
- [Unbound DNS resolver](https://hackerapproved.com/p/unbound.md): 45 recommend
- [Google Public DNS](https://hackerapproved.com/p/google-public-dns.md): 18 recommend
- [systemd-resolved](https://hackerapproved.com/p/systemd-resolved.md): 10 recommend
- [DNS4EU](https://hackerapproved.com/p/dns4eu.md): 5 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Numa DNS resolver", https://hackerapproved.com/p/numa-dns-resolver/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).